diff -Naur variety-0.6.4.orig/variety/indicator.py variety-0.6.4/variety/indicator.py
--- variety-0.6.4.orig/variety/indicator.py	2017-04-29 07:23:37.000000000 +0200
+++ variety-0.6.4/variety/indicator.py	2017-04-29 13:30:24.341703536 +0200
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
     use_appindicator = True
 except ImportError:
     use_appindicator = False
+except ValueError:
+    use_appindicator = False
 
 from variety_lib import varietyconfig
